#DDB356#DDB356

#DDB356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.121 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB356
RGB	rgb(221, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 4.86, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 52.45, 84.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0107 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.121 85)
XYZ	xyz(47.6210, 48.2871, 15.6144)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB356 #5680DD

analogous

#DD6F56 #DDB356 #C4DD56

triadic

#DDB356 #56DDB3 #B356DD

tetradic

#DDB356 #56DD6F #5680DD #DD56C4

square

#DDB356 #56DD6F #5680DD #DD56C4

split-complementary

#DDB356 #56C4DD #6F56DD

monochromatic

#9A731F #CD9A29 #DDB356 #E7CA89 #F2E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DDB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#DDB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB356

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB356	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.121 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc989',
    500: '#ddb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb356;
$custom-light: #ebc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78637,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.48284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB356

secondary

#AEBEE1

accent

#50CE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB356

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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